We love Mom. We love her so much that we dedicate a few precious hours in our busy schedules to eat with her, and it’s sort of special because it generally only happens once a year. Here are seven delicious ways to knock out that thing we do for love every second Sunday in May.

Many people think that buildings define cities, and there’s been much hand-wringing over the way Las Vegas implodes its past in pursuit of its future. But our young metropolis remains informed more by its slap-dash frontier past than any connection to the great and “permanent” cities of Europe.

I hadn’t watched the undead dancers heat up the Stratosphere showroom in years. But since Bite had been recently reimagined, I wondered what the show offered post-Twilight audiences. Not a whole lot, it turns out, save for fiercer choreography, and a new lead, vampire queen Ashton Joseph, who brings formally trained flair to the glitzy gutter of a topless show.

Looking to wine and dine your Schmoopie, CuddleBum or BooBear? Be a hero this Valentine’s Day by showing the one you love that you know the way to his or her heart is a lavish, multi-course prix fixe dinner. And drinks. And dessert … Here are just seven of our favorites.
Let the stunning view from Alizé at the top of the Palms take your Valentine’s Day experience to the highest level with a prix-fix menu and optional vegetarian menu. In the Palms, $125 per person, 951-7000, Palms.com.

It’s not often that a CEO becomes a hero by jumping off a building, but most CEOs aren’t like Frank Riolo. And most companies don’t operate observation towers attached to a Las Vegas casino.
Since May 2008—just about the start of the current economic slide—Riolo has helmed American Casino & Entertainment Properties, the company that operates the Stratosphere, Laughlin’s Aquarius and Arizona Charlie’s East and Decatur for Whitehall Properties, an investment arm of Goldman Sachs.

The Tower Climb Benefit, a combined effort on Nov. 13 by firefighters from Clark County, North Las Vegas, Nellis Air Force Base, Henderson and Las Vegas, was a rousing success. With nearly 150 firefighters and emergency personnel participating, the fundraiser on behalf of the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation was a friendly competition between local agencies. Each participant climbed the 108-floor, 1,455-step tower in the competition sponsored and hosted by the Stratosphere hotel-casino.

As if the prospect of dangling and spinning high atop the Stratosphere wasn’t scary enough, you can now jump to your racing heart’s content thanks to the addition of SkyJump Las Vegas.
The “controlled freefall,” opening April 20, allows daredevils to safely (or relatively safely) jump from the top of the skyscraper and plummet 855 feet at speeds of up to 40 mph.
The price of tempting fate: $100 per jump.
This is the latest thrill-filled screamer at the Strat, joining X-Scream, Insanity and Big Shot.